essays on the fiftieth anniversary of Thomas Pynchon's v. /
edited by Paolo Simonetti, Umberto Rossi.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2015.
1 online resource (235 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dream Tonight of Peacock Tails marks the first in-depth examination of Pynchon's debut novel, which was immediately recognized as a breakthrough masterpiece. The eight essays collected in the volume provide both scholars and avid readers with new and original insights into a too-often underestimated work that, probably even more than Gravity's Rainbow, established Pynchon as one of the great masters of twentieth-century American literature. This book deliberately privileges a multidisciplinary and transnational approach, encompassing collaborations from a particularly international and diverse.